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A fun activity for a hot day, this will give young kids a chance to experiment with beginning science and math â and splash around in the process!

Science fair project that examines how yeast grows, and which conditions allow for optimal growth. What types of nutrients does yeast prefer?

This activity will further your child's ability to interpret graphs and apply math skills in a real-world situation.

The garden is the perfect place to practice math and science with preschoolers. Get digging (and counting, sorting, observing at the same time!)

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Can cells be frozen? This science fair project provides information to answer this question.

Here's an interactive, fast-paced game that will make your fifth grader feel more comfortable with simple equations.

Encourage imagination and creativity with this magical craft that lets your child make and design his very own dragon egg.

This science fair project idea determines what factors influence an individual's reaction time using a web-based timed reaction test.

In this science fair experiment, high school students determine if all proteins denature at the same temperature.

Playing the Number Sentence Game with your child gives him the opportunity to practice ordering and comparing numbers using symbols.

Get your preschooler ready for kindergarten by helping them learn numbers 1-10 with homemade snowflake counting cards in this arts and crafts activity.

Play this hidden number game with your preschooler that will give her a leg up in learning numbers.

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

Make an edible bracelet from Froot Loops and a shoelace! This Block Institute art activity will engage your special needs or mainstream child at snacktime.

Put numbers and letters together -- key kindergarten math and reading skills -- while creating a marvelous game piece for outdoor play!

Make a brag sash with your child to celebrate an amazing school year filled with accomplishments.

Here's a super fun game to get in some place value practice with your child!

Make the abstract nature of time and money easier for your kid to understand with some fun ideas that focus on these concepts.

For a fun family activity to introduce your child to genetics, have your child go on a search for dominant and recessive family genes!

Determine the relationship between the speed of a sound and the temperature of the air it passes through.

Determine the differences between various bicep exercises, both in terms of how much muscle exertion they create and how they affect your heart rate.

You've heard the expression "burn rubber" but do you know how heat affects rubber? Examine the impact of temperature on rubber in this fun science experiment.

In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.

Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.

In this activity, your child will get a review of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division using classic domino pieces.

Check out this twist on a peanut butter and banana sandwich. The banana replaces the bread to make the perfect fun and nutritious after-school snack.

Play a math logic and critical thinking game using a deck of cards. Use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in this fun activity.

Save money by making compost! Use this science fair project idea to determine which composting methods best encourage decomposition of organic matter.

Get a leg up on counting concepts with this project where art and math collide.